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"Support The Ones Who Guide You Home"

After failing to convince the FAA to reopen talks on a new
contractfor air traffic controllers -- leaving the possibility the
FAA could unilaterally impose new terms on controllers -- the
National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) is taking its
message to the streets... or more accurately, the airport
concourses.

Boeing tells ANN the latest round of wind-tunnel testing for the
new Boeing 747-8 concluded recently, marking another milestone for
the program launched in November by Cargolux Airlines and Nippon
Cargo Airlines.

US And European Union Said To Be Interested; Would Fly By
2020

Could a new supersonic airliner one day grace the skies again?
Three years after the Concorde went the way of the dodo, it appears
the US and Japan might team up to create a new supersonic passenger
aircraft.

Flying For UN World Food Programme

After more than a week of reconnaisance that involved long,
dangerous hikes into Uganda's Mountains of the Moon, search teams
have reached the wreckage of a Cessna Caravan that went down on
April 28, finding the bodies of all three people on board.

Aspen, CO May Lay Claim To Ignominious Title

How much is 100LL at your airport? If you live in Aspen, CO the
answer is $6.17 a gallon, which could very well be the
highest-priced avgas in America... and it's sending a lot of pilots
elsewhere in search of cheaper fuel.

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And It's A Record Breaker

It's a big one -- and it took a decade to build -- but
controllers have moved into their new tower at Atlanta's
Hartsfield-Jackson International, and tracked their first
commercial flight from the new digs at 3:10 am Saturday.

To Mars... Via North Dakota

NASA is getting serious about seeking new and better ways of
thinking for space travel (and of course, they wouldn't mind if
it's cheaper, too)... take what's going on in North Dakota these
days as another example.

Starts Taxi-Testing in Record Time

Excel-Jet, Ltd announced it has completed the installation of
the Williams FJ33-4A engine, engine testing and start of
taxi-testing prior to first flight. Excel-Jet contracted to use the
Williams engine, which is rated at 1,500 pounds of thrust at
takeoff.

Spectators packed a four-mile stretch of beach and spilled into
the street here to watch military and civilian air teams show their
stuff this weekend. After a morning of power boat races and a beach
invasion demonstration by the Navy and Marines, all eyes turned to
the skies, where the Army's Golden Knights parachute team kicked
things off, jumping from a height of 12,500 feet and landing on a
target on the beach.

For the third consecutive year the owners of Piper Cherokee
airplanes will be flying their aircraft into Grand Glaize airport
in Mid-Missouri. Osage Beach city staff and members of the flying
community are gearing up for the fly-in which is scheduled for June
16, 17 and 18.

NASA; Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology; and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have
named Japanese astronaut Takao Doi to the space shuttle crew that
will deliver the first module of the Japanese laboratory, Kibo, to
the International Space Station.

Marines work underneath the Marine Corps’ heaviest
helicopter while gusts of wind and a cloud of dust swells from the
CH-53E Super Stallion above them. This is one part of the overall
training experience for Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter
Squadron 462, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing,
also known as the “Heavy Haulers.”

Aero-Tips!

Operation Lights On is a voluntary
program encouraging pilots to turn on their landing lights during
takeoff; when operating below 10,000 feet (day or night),
especially when within 10 nautical miles of an airport; and in
conditions of reduced visibility.

"I really liked the spy thingy."
Source: Narda Hernandez, 10, of Lake Worth, FL,
referring to the Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber that made a slow,
graceful pass along the beach, during a Ft. Lauderdale
Airshow.